Sources: The Straits Times
Japan says it will not join the U.S.-led International Maritime Security Construct to protect international shipping in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz amid Iranian aggression, but will instead deploy its own Maritime Self-Defense Force to the region to guard merchant vessels "related to Japan". 2019-10-18
The death toll from recent torrential rain and flooding in Kyushu in southern Japan rises to 25. 2017-07-11
The Japanese Coast Guard claims that a volcanic eruption has created a new islet in the Bonin Islands south of Japan. 2013-11-21
"Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" is released in Japan as fans of Haruki Murakami queue at midnight outside Tokyo bookshops. 2013-04-12
Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, the former President of Japan's Olympus Corporation, pleads guilty to fraud for his role in the Olympus scandal. 2012-09-25
South Korea announces it will sign a military pact with Japan to encourage sharing of sensitive military intelligence. 2012-06-28
Japan's S&P-TOPIX 150 reaches its lowest level since 1983 as global stock markets continue to fall. 2012-06-4
Japan's government announces a 4 trillion yen emergency budget to deal with the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country last month. 2011-04-22
Lt. General Hideyuki Yoshioka, responsible for air systems development at Japan's Ministry of Defense, estimates that it is on track to develop a stealth fighter within three years. 2011-03-8